by Alison Pike | Jan 21, 2020 | Ecology, Guidance, Law and Policy, Protected Species |
Bat surveys to validate planning applications We often take calls at The Landmark Practice from homeowners who have been told by their local planning authority that a bat survey must be submitted as part of a planning application, such as for a small-scale...
by Gemma Melvill | Jan 9, 2020 | Ecology, Law and Policy, Protected Species |
The Landmark Practice is often asked to advise on actions required to discharge pre-commencement planning conditions. As, by their very nature, such conditions delay commencement of works on-site, it is often a matter of some urgency to undertake the tasks and prepare...
by Gemma Melvill | Dec 19, 2018 | Climate Change, Environmental Planning, Law and Policy, News |
The Landmark Practice, as part of a team with Regen, Pell Frischmann and the University of the West of England, was commissioned earlier this year by The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) SW to undertake research on planning for a smart energy future. The purpose...
by Gemma Melvill | Aug 8, 2018 | Law and Policy |
The much anticipated revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) finally emerged into the light of day on 24 July 2018, on the very last day of Parliamentary business in Westminster. Associated planning practice guidance was published on the same day, although...
by Gemma Melvill | Jun 15, 2018 | Ecology, Environmental Planning, Law and Policy |
The European Court of Justice (CECJ) issued a ruling in April on a dispute concerning the impact on freshwater pearl mussel of a proposed electricity cable serving a wind farm in the Republic of Ireland. The ECJ ruling on this seemingly esoteric case has caused a...
by Gemma Melvill | May 10, 2018 | Law and Policy |
Proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework There’s been a lot of domestic ‘news’ in the past couple of months. The Salisbury poisoning, late winter freeze and subsequent heatwave, the gender pay gap, Facebook data management, the Windrush...
